Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 75, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Sep 23, 2011, 4:52 PM EDT for Camden County, Currituck County, Pasquotank County, North Carolina. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 23, 2011, 4:52 PM EDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 23, 2011, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Camden County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 170 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1475 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
201
WFUS51 KAKQ 232052
TORAKQ
NCC029-053-139-232115-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0075.110923T2052Z-110923T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
452 PM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...
CENTRAL CURRITUCK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN PASQUOTANK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 447 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF REBELLION POINT...OR 7 MILES EAST
OF HOBBS LANDING...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
OLD TRAP AROUND 500 PM EDT.
COINJOCK...POPLAR BRANCH AND GRANDY AROUND 510 PM EDT.
BARCO AND COROLLA AROUND 515 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE GOOSE
CREEK...RIDDLE...BERTHA...AYDLETT AND WATERLILY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE... OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3613 7613 3621 7609 3618 7606 3620 7603
3624 7608 3645 7597 3642 7591 3629 7587
3634 7583 3642 7587 3637 7581 3631 7579
3620 7591 3625 7596 3616 7595 3619 7602
3618 7606 3613 7607
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 210DEG 32KT 3616 7605
$$
ALBRIGHT1 follow-up statement
368
WWUS51 KAKQ 232109
SVSAKQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
509 PM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011
NCC139-232119-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-110923T2115Z/
PASQUOTANK NC-
509 PM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PASQUOTANK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3619 7602 3620 7603 3624 7608 3645 7597
3642 7591 3629 7587 3634 7583 3642 7587
3637 7581 3631 7579 3620 7591 3625 7596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 210DEG 32KT 3629 7596
$$
NCC029-053-232115-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-110923T2115Z/
CAMDEN NC-CURRITUCK NC-
509 PM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CURRITUCK AND
SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT...
AT 506 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OLD TRAP...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF COINJOCK...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
COINJOCK...BARCO AND COROLLA AROUND 515 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE AYDLETT AND
WATERLILY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3619 7602 3620 7603 3624 7608 3645 7597
3642 7591 3629 7587 3634 7583 3642 7587
3637 7581 3631 7579 3620 7591 3625 7596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 210DEG 32KT 3629 7596
$$
ALBRIGHTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 103 min |
| Sep 23, 3:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Northampton | 2 hr |
| Sep 23, 3:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 23 min |
| Sep 23, 3:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 23, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 16 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.